1 arrested, police search for 2 others after day-long crime spree - White female pistol-whipped and robbedMarch 27, 2014 - ATLANTA — An armed robbery spree that spanned three counties and lasted more than six hours came to an end Wednesday afternoon after police arrested a man considered to be a dangerous gang member. Two other suspects are still on the loose. A (White) mother of two came face to face with Brian Kennedy when he pistol whipped her and robbed. She said she thought he was going to kill her. "'I'm about to die,’ and that's what I thought," the woman said. The woman said she was still shaken up and emotional after being robbed of her purse and struck across the face with the gun. She said she literally looked down the barrel of a gun. "It’s a scary feeling to think that just for $15 you might not see the rest of your family," the woman said. Police think the man who put that fear in her is Kennedy. He was taken into custody by U.S. marshals Thursday. Police said that Kennedy went on a day-long crime spree with two other men, including robbing three people at gunpoint, after stealing a silver BMW from a DeKalb County gas station. U.S. marshals arrested Kennedy, who they say is a dangerous gang member suspected of rape, nearly a dozen carjackings, as many as six armed robberies. - (Black-on-white)

30 Deep gang member arrestedBrian Kennedy, a member of the violent 30 Deep gang was arrested after U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force's Counter Gang Unit (SERFTF-CGU) and the Atlanta Police Department's Fugitive Unit joined forces to get him off the streets. Authorities say Kennedy is responsible for four carjackings, six armed robberies, a rape and a shootout on Marietta Boulevard.

Rangel failed to pay rent on Harlem office but state bailed him outNew York City’s longest-serving congressman won’t pay his rent. State taxpayers were stiffed out of at least $87,000 when Rep. Charles Rangel stopped paying for the district office he rents in Harlem’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, records ­obtained by The Post show.

Court boots Rangel’s lawyer over bar rule - February 2, 2014
Rangel, who is 83 and has represented Harlem since 1971, was censured by Congress in 2010 after taking rent-stabilized Manhattan apartments and failing to pay taxes on his Dominican Republic hideaway.

Veteran officer, accused of forcing women to have sex, found guiltyKANSAS CITY, MO - A veteran Kansas City police officer who was accused of forcing two women to have sex with him was found guilty of acceding to corruption. A jury found Jeffrey Holmes guilty of a single count of acceding to corruption and sentenced him to 15 days in jail and a fine. Back in 2012 a prostitute told police in mid-April that Holmes raped her March 24 at an Extended Stay America. Holmes showed up at her location wearing a uniform and told the woman that she was "busted for prostitution," and attempted to handcuff her. The first woman told police Holmes gave her the impression he wanted to have sex for free and, when she refused, he forced her to. On May 20, a second woman contacted off-duty officers at the A-1 Motel to say that Holmes had raped her. She said Holmes accused her of being a prostitute, which she denied. Police did find an online listing for her. Holmes threatened to have the second woman arrested if she did not have sex with him. After Holmes was arrested and charged in 2012, he began not showing up for work and was suspended from the force.

High School B-Ball Coach Accused of Attacking Girlfriend and Her SonThe coach of a successful high school basketball team was arrested on Friday after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend and her teenage son. Police say they responded to a home on Friday for a report of a domestic disturbance. When police arrived, they say they found Larry Yarbray, 43, standing outside. Yarbray allegedly told the officers that nothing had occurred and that the woman who alerted police was overreacting. When police went inside the home, they say they found Yarbray’s girlfriend and her 14-year-old son. Both the woman and teen had bruises on their head and neck, according to investigators.

Australia: Wedding guests pelted with bricks by dark-skinned gatecrashers
A mass brawl broke out when up to 50 youths gatecrashed a wedding reception in Perth's southern suburbs. Bricks were hurled through the windows of Point Walter Cafe in Bicton as the youths tried to force their way into the venue on Saturday night. Several of the guests who were either hit by the bricks or injured in fights were taken to hospital for treatment.The offenders, who were described as mostly dark-skinned males aged about 16 to 22 years old, fled the scene before police arrived. - (Black-on-white)

Poop in Fort Pierce courthouse elevator gets black woman in pile of troubleA 49-year-old woman found herself in a pile of trouble after investigators linked her to apparent human poop in an elevator at the St. Lucie County Courthouse in downtown Fort Pierce. The case against Patricia Ann Jamison, of Lake Worth, got rolling March 7 after court security staff learned of what looked to be "human fecal matter in the corner of the left public elevator by the buttons," according to recently released St. Lucie County Sheriff's records. A deputy reviewed security footage to see the last person in the elevator. She was arrested March 11 on a misdemeanor warrant for health safety nuisance injurious to health charge.

Dog found shot in east Toledo recovering, accused black shooter still at largeTOLEDO, OH - A man police say shot a non-violent German shepherd in east Toledo and his cousin were indicted on multiple charges. Police say Marcus Crawford shot the stray dog on March 24. He was indicted on weapons charges, but is still at large. Marcus Crawford's cousin, Gary Crawford, was indicted on intimidation and obstructing justice charges, but is in police custody. The German shepherd, who has been named June, had to have her right front leg amputated as a result of the shooting. Since that surgery, she has been in the care of Planned Pethood.

Woman, 20, says she was gang-raped at Detroit apartment before complex burnedApril 2, 2014 - A 20-year-old woman said she was dragged into a dark bedroom and raped by four men several hours before the apartment complex burned down March 5 on Detroit’s west side. She identified Carlos Love, 21, and Dantraz Oliver-McClung, 19, as two of the perpetrators while testifying in 36th District Court. Two other suspects in the case remain at large, police said.

Police: Suspect Sought In Rape At Delaware County ChurchApril 2, 2014 - UPPER DARBY, Pa., — Police are working around the clock on this case. They’re all searching for this man, Troy Posey, who they believe is now on the run. Police say he most recently raped a 19-year-old in a church, but he was actually already wanted for sexually abusing a minor years ago. Troy Posey, 48, is no stranger to Upper Darby Police. They’ve been searching for him since 2012 when a 14-year-old came forward claiming he’d sexually abused her since the third grade. He was her mother’s boyfriend at the time. “We entered him into the National Crime Information Center, we entered him into the Delaware County Police Alert System, we were not able to locate him,” Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. They thought he left the area until just a little more than a week ago. That’s when a 19-year-old woman told police she was raped inside Bethel Community Baptist Church. She had missed the last train home and was just looking for a safe place to stay the night. Based on her story, police suspected Posey.

Victims speak after horrifying attempted rape attacksApr 02, 2014 - MEMPHIS, TN - - A South Memphis woman fought off an attempted rapist in her own home. Shaquille Powell, 19, tried to reportedly rape her Monday afternoon when she arrived home after work. The attack victim said "He could have killed me. He could have really hurt me in here. I was scared," she said. She says she got out of her jeep and walked inside, eventually, to her kitchen. "When I came out he was already standing in the kitchen," she said. Powell started eyeing her kitchen knives and said, "I seen you looking at me. You want me." She says when he started to unbuckle his belt she ran straight into him, slamming his head into the refrigerator. He fell out of the door, off the porch and then he ran. At some point that day the suspect ended up a few houses down the street. "He came up the steps, asked my aunt for some water," said a second woman. She says when she went to get the water he tried to follow her into the house.

Authorities Charge Black Suspect Who Wore Only Boots And Skullcap During AttackMarch 28, 2014 - A man suspected of making inappropriate contact with a woman earlier this month in Park Forest while wearing only boots and a skull cap has been charged with felony aggravated battery, police announced Friday. Park Forest police say Marc Greska, 34, of Oak Forest is expected to appear in bond court Saturday in Will County. Greska allegedly battered a woman sexually in Shabbona Park on March 20. Police say the suspect who attacked the victim was “wearing only boots and skull cap, but otherwise naked.” Greska is also charged with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct for a subsequent incident in which he was seen in the same area “wearing only boots and a hat, but otherwise naked.” The suspect did not confront anyone in that incident, which occurred Wednesday, police said.

Marshals nab child rape suspect in Las VegasMarch 28, 2014 - MORAINE — A child rape suspect is awaiting extradition to Ohio. Jason Connors, 44, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Las Vegas the same day he was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury, according to Sgt. Jon Spencer of the Moraine Police Department. Connors faces three counts of rape involving a child younger than 10 and three counts of gross sexual imposition involving a child younger than 13, according to the indictment issued Friday. The alleged incidents took place in Moraine, police said. The U.S. Marshals Service took Connors into custody without indicent at his home in Las Vegas. He is being held in a jail in Las Vegas. Pending an extradition hearing, he will be brought to Ohio to face the felony charges against him, police said.

(Black) Tusculum College student charged with rapeApr 04, 2014 - GREENEVILLE, TN - A Tusculum College student was charged with rape Sunday. According to a Greene County court affidavit, Corliss Stone, 20, 163 Knox Hill Road, Ponce De Leon, Fla., was charged after he allegedly had sex with an 18-year-old woman, who had reportedly passed out from alcohol consumption. Stone reportedly admitted to giving the woman alcohol and said when she passed out, he changed her clothes and put her in his bed. While the woman was unconscious, Stone allegedly had sex with her. The woman told police that she reportedly woke up during this time and was unable to do anything. Stone told authorities that he knew that if she was sober, she would not have had sex with him. He was charged with rape and was taken to the Greene County Jail, where he had since bonded out.

Police charge man with Abington Apartment rapeMar 28, 2014 - MEMPHIS, TN - – Memphis police charged 25-year-old Deandrey Peterson with two counts of aggravated rape and aggravated burglary after an early morning attack that happened at the Abington Apartments. At 5:20 a.m., police were called to the 2500 block of Prince Rupert Lane about a sexual assault that happened a few hours earlier. This happened inside the Abington Apartments, where three rapes were reported in February. When officers arrived they found a woman who said an armed man broke into her home and sexually assaulted her. After the assault, the suspect fled the scene and the victim called police.

Suspected serial rapist convicted in 1 of 3 rapesMar 28, 2014 - MEMPHIS, TN - - A man suspected of being a serial rapist has been convicted in the rape of a woman who nearly lost her finger during the attack. DNA tests linked him to the crime that happened in August 2012. He still faces two additional rape trials. Michael Richardson, 35, of Rossville, denied knowing his victim, but DNA from her rape kit identified him as the attacker. The victim in the August 2012 rape said Richardson picked her up in the Jackson area and drove her to East Shelby County where he forced her to have sex with him. When she tried to fight him off, he bit her finger, causing a cut that required stitches to close. He robbed her of $27 and forced her out of the car before driving away. Richardson's DNA links him to two other rapes that happened in July and October of 2012. Both of these rapes happened in a similar fashion to the one in which he was just convicted. He faces 15 to 25 years in prison with no parole.

I-80 Rapist Victim Convinced North Sacramento Subway Attacker Is Same BlackMarch 29, 2014 - SACRAMENTO COUNTY — Investigators are looking to see if a Sacramento man accused of tying up and sexually assaulting a co-worker at a North Sacramento Subway is the Interstate 80 serial rapist. Kenneth Anderson, 22, was arrested on Friday by Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies. One look at a picture of Anderson, and a woman was attacked in September by a man believed to be the Interstate 80 rapist has little doubt he’s the same man. “You’ll never forget a face like that,” she said. She was beaten and raped as she walked to work at 4:30 a.m. Seven months later, the fear that her attacker is still on the loose may be coming to an end. “It’s just a feeling that you get when you’ve been raped once, you’ve been raped by somebody, it’s just in your guy, like when you see that person, you just know that’s him,” she said. Hers was the first in a series of sexual assaults in the North Sacramento area, all happen within a four-mile radius near Interstate 80 and Watt Avenue. - (Norcal)

Woman Sexually Assaulted at Wheels of Soul Motorcycle Clubhouse: PoliceMar 30, 2014 - Police arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a local motorcycle clubhouse. Police say the woman was at the Wheels of Soul Clubhouse on Thursday around 2 a.m. on the 800 block of Princess Avenue in Camden. While at the clubhouse, she was approached by 34-year-old Antoywayn Lindsey of Camden, according to investigators. Lindsey allegedly forced the woman into a room, threatened her with a gun and repeatedly raped her, according to authorities. Investigators say the woman later escaped and was found by police. Camden County Police say they found and arrested Lindsey at the Wheels of Soul clubhouse later that morning.

New Jersey Woman Wakes to Black Intruder at Foot of Bed, Asking "Are You Ready for Me?"Mar 27, 2014 - Police are looking for a suspect after a New Jersey woman says she woke up and saw an intruder standing at the foot of her bed. The man asked, "are you ready for me?" according to police. The woman then screamed and the intruder casually walked out the back door of the apartment. Montclair police say the man did not touch the woman in the home intrusion last Thursday morning. The woman believes the back door may have been unlocked when she went to bed.

2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old sisterInvestigators say 11-year-old Jamara Stevens was killed when she and her three siblings, a 14-year-old boy, 7-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy, were playing with a .357 caliber handgun with an 8-inch barrel in their hom. Tiffany Goldwire and her four children were in her bedroom, when she went to use the bathroom, At that point, the kids located the loaded firearm, which was left on top of the refrigerator by the mother's boyfriend who visited the home earlier that morning, and the eldest child retrieved it, according to reports. While playing with the weapon, the 2-year-old boy pointed the loaded, cocked gun in the direction of his 11-year-old sister and it discharged, striking her in the arm, according to authorities. Investigators say the bullet then traveled through her chest, hitting her heart.

Louis Till (1922 - July 2, 1945) was an American soldier and convicted rapist and murderer.He is best known as the father of Emmett Louis Till, whose murder in 1955 at the age of fourteen galvanized the African-American civil rights movement. A soldier during World War II, Louis Till was executed by the U.S. Army in 1945 after being found guilty of murder and rape. The circumstances of his death were little known even to his family until they were revealed after the trial of his son's murderers ten years later, which affected subsequent discourse on the death of Emmett Till.
While serving in the Italian Campaign, Till was arrested by military police, who suspected him of the murder of an Italian woman and the rape of two others in Civitavecchia. After a lengthy investigation he was court martialed, found guilty, and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was carried out at the United States Army Disciplinary Training Center north of Pisa on July 2, 1945.

Undocumented immigrant's arrest closes door on deferred action
Twenty-two-year-old Noemi Romero is an undocumented (illegal) immigrant from Mexico. Deputies sent her to jail for illegally using her mother's Social Security number to work. She was then turned over to immigration authorities for possible deportation to Mexico.

Some Queers Hear Race Echoes in Va. Gay Marriage BanIn 1958, two Virginia residents, Mildred Loving, a black woman, and her white husband, Richard Loving, went to Washington, D.C., to get married. After they returned to Virginia, police burst into their bedroom in the middle of the night, and arrested them for violating the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. Their one-year jail sentence was suspended on the condition that they leave Virginia for 25 years.
The trial judge in the Loving case had declared, "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And, but for the interference with his arrangement, there would be no cause for such marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."

'Run ... kick ... punch': Little (White) girl thwarts abduction attempt by black manPARKLAND, Wash. - A 6-year-old Parkland girl is safe today because of her smart, quick actions when two men tried to kidnap her in broad daylight in her own neighborhood. The drama unfolded Wednesday as the little girl, Savanna Norman, was walking home after playing and jumping on the trampoline at the home of her friend, 9-year-old Raquelle Pittenger, who lives right across the street. "I looked both ways, and there was no one coming but … then I went halfway across the street, two guys came out of nowhere," Savanna says. And what happened next is every parent's nightmare. "They grabbed me," says Savanna. But Savanna's smart moves made her mom very proud. "Run ... and kick ... and punch," says the little girl. "What's the No. 1 thing you did that got everybody's attention around the whole neighborhood?" asks Savanna's mom, Amy Norman. "I kicked him," says Savanna. "I screamed loud." This 6-year-old knows "stranger danger" well. "'Cause mommy teaches me," she says. Amy saw the attempted kidnapping from her front window, and dashed out the door. "My heart was pounding," she says. Meanwhile, her 9-year-old friend Raquelle watched from steps away. "It made me feel scared and terrible," she says. It was a dangerous situation - derailed by a smart little girl who remembered the right thing to do. "Very proud," says her mom. "What happened ... was very scary for all of us." Now the Normans are considering moving from their neighborhood - or at the very least putting a fence up around their house. The prime suspect, Jakeel Rashon Mason, was arrested and booked into the Pierce County Jail for investigation of unlawful imprisonment. He is being held on $150,000 bail. - (Black-on-white)

Family speaks about Boyd murder caseAlthough Katharina Lawn likely already knew, her daughters on Friday headed to the cemetery to visit their mother, and tell her that the man who killed her nearly seven years ago was finally convicted. A state Supreme Court jury found Darrell Boyd, 49, guilty in the brutal slaying of Lawn, his former neighbor, inside her apartment on April 20, 2007. Lawn's daughters - Tammy Pierson, April Northern and Holly Stevens, who both live in Texas - said they were "extremely happy" to hear jurors convict Boyd of second-degree murder. "It's been seven years," Northern said. "Unfortunately my mom wasn't (in court) to speak, but everyone was able to speak for her. We're grateful and feel like justice was served." Boyd, she said, won't be on the streets or able to hurt anyone else. Boyd fatally beat and strangled Lawn, 54, inside her apartment and set furniture on fire in an effort to conceal the crime, according to Assistant District Attorney Brian Green. He argued that Boyd was angry at Lawn for calling the police on him two years earlier during a domestic dispute, which resulted in Boyd spending more than a year in prison. - (Black-on-white)

Shooting near Modesto Junior College turns fatal - black suspect arrested for murder of White manModesto police are investigating a shooting near Modesto Junior College late Thursday morning in which a 51-year-old man later died. Modesto Police Department spokesperson Heather Graves said Kirk Lund was found suffering from a gunshot wound on the 1300 block of Leonard Avenue at 11:14 a.m. He was transported to an area hospital but did not survive. According to preliminary information, the victim may have been shot during an attempted robbery. The suspected gunman was found walking a few blocks away at Coldwell Avenue and Tully Road and taken into custody, Graves said. Graves said a handgun was located near where the suspect was caught. - (Black-on-white)

Homicide suspect identified; investigation continues
Police arrested Joshua Alexander Stewart, 24, after the incident, which occurred at 11:14 a.m. on Leonard Avenue near Modesto Junior College. They found Kirk Lund, 51, in the road, suffering from a gunshot wound. Stewart, who has a lengthy criminal history, did have past associations with a criminal street gang,

White Woman Punched At NYC Subway Station By Cowardly Racist Black Thug Speaks Out About AttackNEW YORK — A woman who was punched in the face by a stranger at a Brooklyn subway station has opened up about the ordeal as police continue to search for her attacker. The search is on for the man suspected of punching 70-year-old Judith Maroney in the head before running away. The attack happened Sunday morning at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Maroney said her nightmare began with her sitting on a bench waiting for the “R” train on Sunday morning. Next thing she knew, a stranger punched her in the face. “I was a sitting duck,” Maroney said. “It was totally unprovoked. I think I was in shock I had just had my face pummeled.” The retired public school art teacher said she was able to give police a detailed denoscription of her attacker. Detectives then found the suspect on security video, Carlin reported. Maroney said the man who punched her never said a word and then calmly and slowly walked away. She said sitting on the bench probably saved her life. “The guy was big enough, the way he hauled off, I could have been knocked onto the tracks,” Maroney said. She said she’s sharing her story because she wants people to know a dangerous man is on the loose, Carlin reported. - (Black-on-white)

Police Investigating Fistfight Between (Black) Student, (White) Teacher At Santa Monica High SchoolSANTA MONICA — A teacher and wrestling coach at Santa Monica High School was placed on leave Friday after he got into a brawl with a student, which was caught on cellphone videos, the school district superintendent said. In a letter to parents, Sandra Lyon, the superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, said the altercation happened in a classroom Friday morning. It was reported that witnesses said the incident unfolded because the student had a bag of marijuana. When the teacher, who students identified as science teacher Mark Black, tried to confiscate it, the student got physical. “I saw one of the teachers kinda holding onto the student in a lock and the student had a pencil and was going at the teacher with it,” junior Daniella Melamed said. - (Black-on-white)

Black Chelsea man gets life for killing White Everett womanWOBURN, Mass. — A 62-year-old Chelsea man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 20-year-old Everett woman during a dispute. Clarence Earl Berry was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court to murder in the January 2012 death of Jessica Cormier. Prosecutors say Berry and Cormier knew each other and had exchanged phone calls during a disagreement in the hours before the killing. Berry stabbed her on the street outside her home. Authorities said Cormier's mother heard screams and found her stabbed on the porch of her apartment building. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Berry was tied to the killing by DNA evidence from the blood on his clothing. - (Black-on-white)

White former jail nurse admits to helping black convict plan escape A St. Charles County nurse has pleaded guilty to helping a convicted bank robber plan his escape. Sherry Ann Young pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to aid the escape of a prisoner and conspiracy. Young could face 15 years in prison for helping John Wesley Jones plan an escape from the St. Louis Justice Center in 2012. Jones and three others came away with $6.6 million after robbing ATM solutions in 2011. Young, who met Wesley while Wesley was being held in St. Charles County Jail, conspired to give Jones a key and gun in order to assist him in an escape attempt.

Attempted murder suspect from Louisiana nabbed in Plano PLANO — Danny Saluny, who was wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Louisiana, was captured by police and U.S. Marshals in Plano on Friday night. The 23-year-old suspect was wanted by authorities in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Black Man Sentenced To 27 Years For Sexual Assault During 2008 Home InvasionA man who sexually assaulted a South Shore woman during a 2008 home invasion was sentenced to 27 years in prison Friday. Jose Ellis, 24, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault with a firearm in connection with the July 9, 2008 attack in the 7500 block of South Blackstone Avenue. Judge Steven Goebel sentenced Ellis to 27 years in prison. The night of the attack, a woman was returning home with her baby after working the evening shift at a downtown Chicago hotel when Ellis and a second suspect approached her at her front door. They took out a shotgun and stole the contents of her purse, then forced her into her home. Ellis took the woman into the kitchen and sexually assaulted her.

Student came to rescue in UIC student sex assault in dorm showerApril 1, 2014 -- Tavares Humphries, a 28-year-old Chicago man has been charged in a Monday morning sex assault on the University of Illinois campus in Chicago. On Tuesday, a UIC student explained how he came to the rescue of a classmate who was being attacked in her dormitory shower. David Guerrero is a freshman student at UIC from Cicero. He was among the first to respond when he heard screams coming from the girl's restroom in the Commons South dormitory. Guerrero first heard the screams for help coming from a student in the hall of the 5th floor dorm room. He knew something was wrong, and he responded quickly. "Immediately I followed her down to the girl's bathroom, I opened the door and I asked if everything was OK. I heard a scream, so I entered. I saw the suspect in there, and the victim was clearly distraught and scared," said Guerrero. Police say a Chicago man, 28-year-old Tavares Humphries, sexually assaulted a female student in the shower area of the bathroom. Guerrero says he told the victim to run out, and he then dealt with the suspect, who he says put up no real struggle.

Woman, 79, 'sexually assaulted' by black while waiting for a bus in north London A 79-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted in broad daylight while waiting for a bus by a busy road in north London, according to police. The pensioner was at a bus stop on Fortis Green, Haringey, when a man approached her and struck up a conversation before assaulting her, the Met said. The alleged victim then boarded the 102 bus to Muswell Hill which she had been waiting for, and was not followed on board. Police have now launched an appeal for witnesses to come forward over the alleged assault, which took place at around 10.30am on Saturday, March 1 with no arrests yet made. The suspect is described as black, aged around 30, with a thick, dark coat with a logo on the right sleeve and light blue jeans. - (UK)

Suspicion falls on mom of missing Relisha Rudd, 8, and her boyfriend after he posted photos of wads of cash and sneakers on Facebook in the days after her daughter's disappearance. With the desperate search to find missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd stalling on Thursday, police have said they want answers from the girl's mother and her boyfriend about her recent unusual activity. Three weeks after her daughter when missing, Shamika Young had still insisted Relisha was safe and she had stalled social workers who wanted to issue an alert that the girl was missing. A Grand Jury is now looking into whether Young may have obstructed justice by misleading police. School absences led authorities to only start looking for Relisha on March 19, although she was last seen on March 1. In the days after Relisha was last seen alive, Young's boyfriend Antonio Wheeler posted a series of photos on Facebook of him holding large rolls of $50 bills and photos of Air Jordan sneakers bought for Relisha's three brothers.

Women On Edge As Cops Hunt Suspects Sought In Separate Bronx AttacksNEW YORK – Women in the Bronx are on edge as police search for two suspects who they say are wanted for separate rapes in the Bronx. The first happened on Feb. 21 in University Heights, police said. A 27-year-old woman was riding in an elevator in her apartment building when the suspect got on at the second floor, police said. When she got off the elevator at the fifth floor, the suspect followed her and attacked her in the stairwell, police said. Police have released a sketch of the suspect. He is described as a black male in his early 30s, 5-feet-9 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, cops said.

Investigators are also searching for a suspect wanted in a separate attack last month. It happened around 1:15 a.m. on March 24 in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. A 25-year-old woman was sitting in her apartment when a man claiming to be the building super knocked on her door, police said. She opened the door after he told her in Spanish that there was a gas leak, police said. Investigators said that’s when he struck her in the head with a gun and raped her, police said. Police have also released a sketch of the suspect in that attack. He is described as a Hispanic male, 6 feet tall and about 190 pounds, authorities said.

South Philadelphia Attempted Kidnapper Sentenced To 17-34 Years In PrisonPHILADELPHIA – 11-year-old Virginia Payne explained how she and her two-year-old brother battled a kidnapper trying to drag them off a South Philadelphia street as they walked for a water ice near their home. Their brave actions earned them a “Courage Award” from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington, D.C. But police and prosecutors say the little girl’s courage went far beyond saving herself and her brother that terrifying day. She fearlessly testified at the trial for Carlos Figueroa-Fagot who tried to abduct her. She helped convict him and, on this day, sat in court as he was sentenced to 17 to 34 years in prison.

South Phila. Kidnapper, Undone By Video and Defiant Victim, is SentencedCarlos Figueroa-Fagot was sentenced to 17-34 years in prison for a 2011 attack in South Philadelphia on a ten-year-old girl and her toddler brother. Figueroa-Fagot tried to kidnap the girl, who was walking with her toddler brother at the time. But the two young children were anything but helpless. The girl fought back and her little brother screamed, scaring off the attacker.

Arrest Warrant Issued In 77-Year-Old Man's BeatingHunting Park - Police have issued and arrest warrant for 33-year-old Danny Diaz for the brutal beating of 77-year-old Juan Ramos overnight on the 700 block of West Butler Street in Hunting Park. The victim remains hospitalized in extremely critical condition. "He was beaten very severely. It was a very savage beating," Capt. Mark Burgmann said after police released a mugshot of Diaz.

Drunk illegal immigrant sentenced to 5 years for fatal East Greenwich crashWOODBURY — A judge on Friday sentenced an illegal immigrant to five years in prison for driving drunk last year and causing the crash that killed a passenger in his vehicle. Rufino Lopez-Cruz, 35, of Mullica Hill, pleaded guilty in February to vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated (DWI) in the death of his friend, 59-year-old Santos Perez. Lopez-Cruz — a Mexican national — admitted that on March 23, 2013, he was drunk when the SUV he was driving flipped over on Wolfert Station Road in East Greenwich Township.

Illegal immigrant accused of raping woman in Susquehanna Township
An illegal immigrant is behind bars, accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Dauphin County. The incident happened Thursday in Susquehanna Township. Police said Jose Fredy Reyes, of Frederick, Md., forced his way into the home and sexually assaulted a woman. Reyes was arrested Friday and charged with burglary, rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and false identification to law enforcement. Reyes was taken to Dauphin County Prison and admitted to being in the country illegally. Police have notified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the arrest.

Black killer denied parole for second time for murder of young White womanLAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL - A convicted killer will remain behind bars after the Board of Pardons and Parole denied early release for Corey Johnson Wednesday. Johnson will remain in prison for the next five years and will not be eligible for parole again until 2019. Corey Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 murder of 18-year-old Shelaine Maxwell. This is the second time Johnson has been eligible for parole – he was last denied in 2009. Maxwell's family and friends said they will do whatever it takes to keep her killer behind bars. They fear what could happen if he's ever released. - (Black-on-white)

White Man Beaten By Mob In Detroit After Hitting Boy With Truck: Was It A Hate Crime?DETROIT - As a 54-year-old Roseville man clings to life in the hospital following a brutal mob beating on Detroit’s east side, many are starting to wonder if the whole thing was racially motivated. As first reported by WWJ Newsradio 950, an 11-year-old boy suffered a broken leg on Wednesday when he was hit by a pickup truck after walking into the street near Morang and Balfour. The driver, Steven Utash, immediately got out of his truck after hitting the boy and was viciously attacked by 10 to 12 men. The beating was so brutal, Utash was rendered unconscious. Utash’s son Joseph said that his father remains in a medically induced coma, nearly unrecognizable due to his injuries. He also said his wallet was stolen from his truck. Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody said Steven Utash was not at fault for the accident. “Our preliminary investigation shows the child stepped in front of his vehicle,” Woody said. Based on witness accounts, the attackers were African American. - (Black-on-white)

Neighbor Robbed, Killed Sisters: PoliceA city man may have to overcome extremely long odds -- 13.7 quintillion-to-1 -- when he stands trial on charges that he robbed and killed his next-door neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker. Those are the odds a pair of sweatpants could belong to any other black man except the suspect, 43-year-old Allen Darell Wade, based on DNA found on the waistband, according to lab test results presented by prosecutors at a preliminary hearing Friday. A city magistrate ruled Wade must stand trial based on the DNA evidence and nine surveillance videos Allegheny County prosecutors believe link Wade to the sweatpants, a vehicle and two bank cards belonging to victims Sarah and Susan Wolfe. Both women were shot once in the head but had also been badly beaten in the face and other parts of their bodies.

Black man arrested for throwing concrete rocks at cars; (White) victim speaksHOUSTON - Unsuspecting drivers sitting at the stoplight near the intersection of Monroe Street and the I-45 feeder road in southeast Houston found themselves targeted by a man armed with rocks and pieces of concrete. Houston police said Lamont Wright was throwing large rocks at drivers; two people were hurt and cars were damaged. Police arrested the 35-year-old, he's now charged with assault and criminal mischief. "They had a hard time getting him," said Harold Cate, who witnessed the arrest. "He had already been tasered and he would not cooperate. They had to bring in backup." Cate said Wright had a softball-sized piece of concrete that he launched at him. Cate tried to get away. "I just got up and run and went around the corner, that's when I was hit with the concrete," said Cate. Cate was hit in the arm and treated at the scene for minor injuries. The police were called and they took Wright into custody. - (Black-on-white)

White ex-Navy SEAL talks of being shot by racist black man, his ‘hunt’ mode in seeking assailants GRANGER TWP.: Christopher Mark Heben said it felt like he had been kicked in the gut by a mule when he was shot in a Montrose parking lot, but his Navy SEAL training quickly kicked in. The Granger Township man is recovering from a gunshot wound to the stomach after he was shot Friday outside the Mustard Seed Market in Bath Township. “It was as if someone folded you in half,” Heben, 44, said Wednesday. He was released Tuesday from Akron General Medical Center. Heben, who served as a SEAL from 1996 to 2006 and had multiple overseas deployments including in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, said he went to Montrose around dinnertime to buy food for a birthday party when he got into a verbal fight with another motorist. The argument, he said, started after a car backed into him as he walked in the parking lot. He said he exchanged words with the car’s driver. “I said, ‘Dude, you almost [expletive] ran me over — you need to pay attention to what you are doing,’ ” Heben said he told the man. The driver, Heben said, countered that he was the one who needed to pay attention. After exchanging a few more words, Heben said, he started to walk to the store when he remembered that he left his wallet in his truck. A second confrontation ensued when Heben returned to his truck. The driver, who is black, Heben said, told him, “You got a big mouth white boy. You need to learn some [expletive] respect.” - (Black-on-white)

White Temple Student Assaulted In Broad Daylight Speaks OutPHILADELPHIA — Three Temple University students were just minding their own business Wednesday when they were randomly attacked on Broad Street. Fortunately, one of the women was aware enough to realize trouble was headed her way, and she narrowly escaped a brutal attack. “He yelled at me that he was going to punch my face before he actually did it. So, thank God I kind of looked up and saw him coming,” Temple student Breland Moore said. Moore is a senior at Temple University, just 43 days away from graduation. She thought she’d made it all four years without incident, but that all changed at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. “So, I ducked and tried to run away as fast as I could,” Moore said. As rush hour traffic whizzed by, other students weren’t so lucky. The University says the man made his way south, down Broad Street and attacked two more women. The one girl was spit in the face. The other girl was knocked down and the suspect shoved her in the side of the building.

CTA Fires (Black Female) Operator In Blue Line Crash At O’Hare - asleep at the wheel...CHICAGO – CTA officials were taking steps to fire the train operator who fell asleep at the controls of a Blue Line train before it crashed at O’Hare International Airport last month. Termination papers were being served on Brittney Haywood late Friday morning. She was hired by the CTA a year ago, and she began operating trains in January. Haywood has admitted dozing off while operating a Blue Line train as it entered the O’Hare station shortly before 3 a.m. on March 24. She didn’t wake up until the train crashed at the O’Hare terminal. Three dozen passengers were hurt, as was Haywood.

Black Man Tries to Kidnap 10-Year-Old Girl, Stopped When Students Throw Rocks at HimA man’s attempt to kidnap a 10-year-old girl on Feb. 24 was stopped by a group of students who witnessed the abduction happening and threw rocks at the would-be-kidnapper. Tyrone Ferguson, 36, was reportedly pulling the young girl away by her hair when the other students interfered. The 10-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother were walking to Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Philadelphia when Ferguson, wearing all black clothing, black gloves, and a black ski mask, is said to have approached them. He allegedly told the children to “come here,” and grabbed the boy’s backpack. The boy’s sister then rushed over and freed him, at which point Ferguson reportedly grabbed the girl’s hair and pulled her towards him. “Ultimately that male let go of the young male child and then attacked the female and tried to take her…as well,” said Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby. The suspect was knocked down when other children began throwing rocks at him. The suspect then fled, and the girl escaped from his hold.

Florida State University facing federal investigation for sex assault claimThe Office for Civil Rights is overseeing the query, USA Today reported. The investigation stems from a complaint filed with authorities by woman who accused FSU quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Jameis Winston of sexually assaulting her in December 2012. Police said a year later that they weren’t going to press forward with charges against the star athlete.

Prosecutors: DNA links black Kansas City man to 2009 teen rape caseKANSAS CITY, MO - DNA technology has linked a 52-year-old Kansas City man with the 2009 sexual assault of a teenaged girl abducted from a bus stop, prosecutors say. Keith E. Walker has been charged Wednesday with one count of forcible rape, five counts of forcible sodomy and one count of second-degree child molestation. According to court records, the 15-year-old was waiting for a bus in December 2009 near East 35th Street and Prospect Avenue when she was forced by Walker to get into his truck. The victim said he threatened her with a handgun and raped and sodomized her until she escaped near East 59th and Swope Parkway where she ran into a home.

DNA evidence ties black Lancaster man to 2012 rape where woman was attacked in her home, police sayDNA evidence has tied a Lancaster man to a 2012 rape in which the victim said she was attacked in her own home. Shawn Deandru Jones, 43, was charged with a number of sex crimes, including rape by forcible compulsion, and burglary. He was already in Lancaster County Prison on a theft charge from an unrelated incident. The rape occurred in December 2012. The victim told police she was asleep inside her home on Laurel Street in Lancaster when she awoke to find a man standing over her bed. She didn’t know the man, the victim told police. The woman tried to call 911, but she said the man forcibly removed a cellphone from her hand and sexually assaulted her. He then fled the residence.

Moreno Valley Man, 20, Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Juveniles He Lured Using Social MediaMORENO VALLEY — A 20-year-old Moreno Valley man was in custody Friday for allegedly assaulting several juvenile victims he lured using social media. Roshawn Davis was taken into custody Tuesday in the 16000 block of Saddlebrook and was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for multiple counts of felony sex crimes involving juveniles. A school resource officer assigned to a Moreno Valley middle school was informed in February that inappropriate images were being shared on a social media website. Police were contacted, and after an investigation, they located several victims who had allegedly been lured and assaulted by the suspect, officials said.

Convicted child rapist sentenced to 35 years in prison MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man convicted in February of raping an 8-year-old girl in the Orange Mound home where he was staying has been sentenced to 35 years in prison with no parole. Ed Loyde, 52, told the family with whom he was living on Meda in May of 2011 that he was a church deacon studying to be a pastor. He lived in their home for several months and when he moved out the young girl told her grandmother of Loyde's actions and the grandmother notified police. In 1997 Loyde pleaded guilty in Texas to indecency with a child under age 17 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. On Monday Criminal Court Judge James Beasley Jr. sentenced Loyde to 25 years in prison for rape of a child and 10 years in prison for aggravated sexual battery. Both sentences are without parole and will run consecutively.

NOPD release sketch of black man wanted for rape NEW ORLEANS -- The NOPD is asking for your help identifying a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint Tuesday morning. It happened in the 2600 block of Cleveland Avenue at about 7:30 a.m. According to police, as the victim was leaving the house, she was approached by an unknown armed man who forced her into the alleyway of the house. The suspect robbed and sexually assaulted the victim and fled the scene. Police released a composite sketch of the suspect, which you can see above.

Jury hung in trial of former FedEx employee accused of rape, exposing HIVMEMPHIS, TN - - An accused serial rapist's first trial ended with a hung jury. The suspect was identified, in part, by the fuzzy dice hanging from his rear-view mirror, but some wonder if his alleged victims are really the ones on trial. Deborah Clubb of the Memphis Area Women's Council says rape victim stories are often doubted in court. "It's just a really difficult topic and a lot of people are predisposed not to believe that anything happened," said Clubb. "So they're really, really hard to prosecute successfully." She points to the mistrial Thursday in the aggravated rape case of former FedEx employee Quantez Person. It is the first of at least five trials for rape he is facing. "To imagine that he is suspected and identified by other victims, and he's not yet convicted is a terrifying thing," said Clubb.

Dallas Black Man (with African name) Gets 45 Years For Assault During CarjackingFORT WORTH, Texas – A Dallas man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for forcing a woman he carjacked and held at gunpoint to perform a sex act on him. Prosecutors in Tarrant County on Thursday announced the penalty for 27-year-old Ousmane Wangare. A Fort Worth jury in December convicted Wangare of aggravated sexual assault in the 2012 incident that began at an Arlington car wash. Authorities say three men approached the Navy veteran and her friend, an airman stationed in Shreveport, La., and tried to rob the pair before forcing the couple to leave with them.

Drunk black accidentally shoots his 11-year-old biracial daughter - his white common-law 'wife' pleads for leniencyWhat started as a black man reluctantly admitting he was drunk when he accidentally shot his daughter to death ended with courtroom outbursts Wednesday and the girl's mother and aunt being arrested. Deandre Kelley, 34, was accused of being drunk Jan. 12 when he went at 3 a.m. to the home of his girlfriend and their daughters in the 800 block of Delhi Avenue. But his girlfriend, Kristina Lanza, didn't let Kelley in because he was drunk and their daughters were having a slumber party. That's when an irate Kelley pulled a gun and, as he was storming off, wildly shot over his shoulder. The shot hit Achauntiara "Shanti" Lanza, their 11-year-old daughter, in the chest, killing her. Neither parent knew the child had been shot until one of the girls at the slumber party ran downstairs to tell them.

2 arrested following sentencing for man who shot, killed daughter
Two women were arrested following a sentencing in a downtown courtroom Wednesday. It started when a judge handed down a six-year sentence for Deandre Kelley. He killed his 11-year-old daughter following a drunken fight with the girl’s mother at their Sedamsville home in January. In court on Wednesday, the victim’s mother, Kristina Lanza, and aunt, Danielle Lott, became upset, arguing the sentence was too extreme.

After vicious beating, Amish Mafia's Esther and black boyfriend living together; police called twiceFour months after a vicious beating on Halloween, the lead female character of “Amish Mafia” is apparently back with her boyfriend. And police have already been called to the couple’s Lancaster Township apartment twice for domestic disturbances. Esther Schmucker, known simply as “Esther” on the hit Discovery Channel series, sustained multiple facial fractures in the Halloween beating. Imir Williams, a 24-year-old aspiring hip-hop artist, was convicted of repeatedly punching Schmucker inside her Strasburg home. He served two months in prison before being released Dec. 27. Schmucker, 27, and Williams are now living together on Wyncroft Lane, where police say officers have recently responded, twice, to neighbors’ 911 calls.

Cop who scammed NYPD says he was fired for reporting discrimination
An ousted cop who pleaded guilty last year to scamming the NYPD out of $6,000 in phony expenses is suing the city for $3 million, claiming an anti-Semitic boss had him fired for reporting discrimination. Michael Bazerman claims supervisors at the Manhattan district attorney’s wiretapping squad flung slurs such as “beady-eyed bagel-Jew.”

Welby: backing gay marriage could be 'catastrophic' for Christians elsewhere
The Most Rev Justin Welby told LBC that hundreds of Christians in Africa had been killed by people who associated Christianity with homosexuality. He warned the same could happen if the Church of England backed gay unions. Same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales last week, but is not supported by the Church.

Update: The death of a homeless man brutally beaten in an eastern Pennsylvania laundry has been ruled a homicide.49-year-old Robert Mohler died of a head injury he suffered during the assault, which was captured on surveillance video. Mohler suffered head and internal injuries in the Jan. 11 attack and was treated at a hospital and released. He was found dead approximately a week later. Reading police said Mohler was sleeping in the back of the laundromat with the owner's permission because it was cold outside. People are seen on video entering the business and repeatedly kicking and punching Mohler, leaving and returning to attack him several more times. Four suspects are charged in the attack. Now they may face murder charges. - (Black-on-white)

1 black arrested, 2 sought in stabbing of 83-year-old White Pinellas Park manPINELLAS PARK, FL - Cuffed and heading to jail, 16-year-old Antonio Peterson didn't have much to say as Pinellas Park Police officers escorted him to a waiting van. During questioning, they say he admitted taking Charles Clark's car keys, but denied stabbing the retiree. “I'm sorry,” Peterson said as he was led to a waiting van. Twenty four hours after the attack, the 83-year-old victim is bruised, battered, and bandaged. “I have arthritis and it may have just disturbed it, ya know? Because it's sore,” said Clark. “Now I can move this one pretty good but this is where the damage is.” Police are also accusing Antonio Peterson's 13-year-old brother, Xavier, and Jazmin Burney, 15, in the Tuesday attack. They say one of them used a knife, cutting Clark's arm three times. In 2012, News Channel 8 covered Jazmine Burney’s report that a man tried to abduct her. The attack gave her a black eye and bruises, just like the victim of the knife attack. - (Black-on-white)

Young white mother gouged in the eyes, punched repeatedly in the face and has ear almost bitten off by black ex-boyfriendin horrific attack outside primary school while dropping off three-year-old daughter. A young mother has told how she feared for her life during a brutal attack by her ex boyfriend in which he gouged her eyes, repeatedly punched her in the face and almost bit her ear off.Emma Hunt, 22, had just dropped her three-year-old daughter off at a nursery in Nottingham when Martell Campbell, 24, launched a savage on her in front of horrified parents and children. The 24-year-old leapt out of bushes and grabbed Miss Hunt in a bear hug in the middle of the road. He then punched her repeatedly in the face and dragged her on all fours before throwing her down between two parked cars. Ms Hunt said she first started dating Campbell six years ago but said he started getting 'weird' after the pair had a daughter together. - (Black-on-white) - (UK)

Black boyfriend arrested, charged in white woman's killing in Glynn CountyBRUNSWICK, Ga. - Glynn County police responding to a report of a shooting just after midnight Wednesday found a 33-year-old mother of four dead in a home on Blythe Island Drive. The body of Casey Nicole Mitchell was taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Savannah for an autopsy. Police determined the shooting was the result of a domestic dispute between Mitchell and her boyfriend, Jermaine Thomas, who had fled the area prior to the officers' arrival. Thomas was last seen driving a 2001 burgundy Ford Explorer with Georgia license plate number PRY7973. Thomas was arrested Wednesday night in Glynn County. Deputies said they recovered the vehicle. - (Black-on-white)

(Another) Black boyfriend charged in murder of white 'ex'-girlfriendMADISON, Wis. - A steelworker from Massachusetts has been charged in the fatal shooting of a Mazomanie woman in February. Online court records show 39-year-old Phillip Byrd was charged Thursday in the death of 43-year-old Cheryl Gilberg. Investigators found Gilberg's body in her home. She had been shot in the head. Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney said previously that he believed the shooting was a result of domestic abuse. Investigators say Byrd is Gilberg's former boyfriend. He has been held since Feb. 24 in the Rock County jail on charges of failing to pay child support. Investigators previously described Byrd as a Janesville resident. They said Thursday he was arrested in that city. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon. - (Black-on-white)

Police: 30-year-old white woman found battered but alive; black man soughtJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville police say they've found a 30-year-old woman who was initially reported to have been abducted in Northwest Jacksonville on Wednesday afternoon, but they're still looking for a 20-year-old man as a possible suspect. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was called to a report of a disturbance. About 1:30 p.m., they notified the public that the woman, Teresa Foudray, was possibly abducted. "Witnesses are telling us they forcibly took her from the residence, put her in the car and took her away," Sgt. Jay Farhat said. "Based on that information, we have to assume the worst." Police said at about 3 p.m. that Foudray had been found on Kings Road by an observant officer. They said the case was no longer being investigated as a kidnapping but as a battery. Police described the possible suspect as Ja'Kari Clark, also known as "Kari." Police said a second woman was already in the car at the time. Farhat said the two had some sort of relationship, but didn't know any details. Both Foudray and Clark have prior arrests. - (Black-on-white)

Update: Arrests Made Following Robbery of Elderly Woman in West PhiladelphiaPHILADELPHIA — A couple accused of stealing $8,000 from an 80-year-old West Philadelphia woman is behind bars. Philadelphia Police say 57-year-old Vickson Korlewala and 51-year-old Lorpu Korlewala were taken into custody on Wednesday. CBS 3’s Natasha Brown spoke with the victim. “I was shaking when I realized what going on,” she said. This 80-year-old victim whose identity we’re protecting is still nearly paralyzed by fear, days after a couple robbed her of thousands of dollars. “They evil people. No right person in their mind don’t do that to another person,” she said. The victim was on her way to the Salvation Army when she was approached by a man and woman. They claimed they had money to give her, but it was all a hoax. Police say they forced her into a car and drove her to this Citizens Bank in the 2900 block of Island Avenue and forced her to withdraw $8,000.

Possible ‘extremist involvement’ probed in Fort Hood shooting spree Ivan Lopez was a native of Puerto Rico who was married and had other relatives living near the Fort Hood area, where 13 people were murdered in 2009 in an attack by a soldier who had embraced radical Islam. Lopez’s mother Carmen Lopez died in Puerto Rico last year, and he was enraged at the Army for at first refusing to let him attend her services, a childhood pal told El Nuevo Dia, a Puerto Rican newspaper. - (Drudge link)

Black man admits killing defenseless 82-year-old White former nun in her Schenectady homeSCHENECTADY — Michael Briggs could spend the rest of his life in state prison for the December 2012 killing of an 82-year-old former nun. Briggs, 38, pleaded guilty in Schenectady County Court on Monday to one count of second-degree murder and an attempted burglary count. He faces a total sentence of 30 years to life in state prison at his June sentencing. The plea came as a trial was scheduled to begin next week. Attorneys said there was overwhelming circumstantial evidence of his guilt. Briggs’ DNA and fingerprints were found at multiple points inside the victim’s apartment. There was also other evidence, including video from the county’s street surveillance cameras of a man believed to be Briggs walking in the direction of Mary Greco’s 1402 Stanford St. home with a shovel just before authorities believe she was killed. - (Black-on-white)

In trial of black for rape and murder of two Whites - Outburst in court may have played part in mistrial decisionTUNICA COUNTY, MS - - A Tunica County judge declared a mistrial Wednesday for James Willie, the man accused of murdering two people on Mississippi highways in May 2012. Witnesses say an outburst made by Willie in court Tuesday could have played a part in the judge's decision to call for a mistrial. On multiple occasions, Willie reportedly attempted to speak out in his defense without permission from the court. Deputies say he was warned and even shocked via his ankle monitor in front of the jury after trying to object to testimony given by Tunica County Sheriff KC Hamp. - (Black-on-white)

Naked black in cowboy hat enters Georgia homePolice say a man was arrested after breaking into a home while wearing nothing but a cowboy hat in Johns Creek, Ga., on Monday. "They're like, what was he wearing? And I'm like, absolutely nothing... a cowboy hat," homeowner Cori Davenport said about the call she made to 911. She knew something was wrong after she heard her daughter scream in their home. Davenport came downstairs and found Ashdon Gibbs in her kitchen — completely in the buff. "Our garage was up, he came in through the garage and she was in the kitchen. He just walked in," she said. Police say he tried to steal a motorcycle from their driveway before coming inside, and the Davenport's surveillance cameras caught the whole thing. But that was just the end of Gibbs' day. Police say his alleged crime spree started when he stole a car Monday morning. It gets weirder from there. "The subject had driven a stolen vehicle that he had stolen from Decatur, burglarized two homes within the Prestwick subdivision and at some point took off all of his clothes," Lt. Byers said. "In one of the houses that he broke in to, he did consume a beer while he made himself a meal and watched baseball on their TV," said Byers. - (Black-on-white)

Black man who murdered White University of Akron co-ed denied paroleAKRON, OH - Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh announced Friday the Ohio Adult Parole Board denied the parole of Victor Logan. Logan was sentenced in 1986 to 30-75 years for the murder of Susan Soldierson, a 22-year-old University of Akron student. In January, the Parole Board approved Logan's parole request. The Summit County Prosecutor's Office requested a full board hearing to persuade the Parole Board to reverse its decision and instead keep Logan in prison. Logan and two accomplices, Marcazuan Lockett and Albert Young, pulled Soldierson into their car in the parking lot of Stonehedge Bowling Alley in a robbery attempt. After ripping her purse from her, they pushed her out of the car. Soldierson died from her head injuries two days later. - (Black-on-white)

Act Now To Save Europa!"What Is Happening To Europa Today? Today, all our lands and cultures are under attack by elitist politicians, who ignore our wishes against their flood of impoverished immigrants and participation in US military endeavors. Our communities, our economies and our lives are in flames! This continent-wide pattern of destruction is now obvious, and an alarm has been raised among the European peoples, leading us to form the Wiking Partie." - (EU) - (UK)